ἀπολήγω

apolego

leave off, desist from

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 9
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Book 6 1
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6149
Book 7 1
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7263
Book 11 1
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11255
Book 13 1
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13230
Book 15 1
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1531
Book 17 1
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17565
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2099
Book 21 1
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21577
Book 24 1
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24475
Odyssey 3
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Book 12 1
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12224
Book 13 1
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13151
Book 19 1
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19166

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπολήγω, A. leave off, desist from, c. gen., ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ὣς ἀπέληγε μάχης 11.7.263; οὐκ ἀπολήγει ἀλκῆς ib.21.577; νέον δʼ ἀπέληγεν ἐδωδῆς ib.24.475; ἀ. ἔρωτος Pl. R. 490b. 2. c. part., leave off doing, 11.17.565, Od. 19.166; [γενεὴ] ἡ μὲν φύει, ἡ δʼ ἀπολήγει 11.6.149: abs., cease, desist, ib.13.230, 20.99; κλέος. . οὐδʼ ἀπολήξει Xenoph. 6.3; opp. γίνεται, Emp. 17.30; of the wind, fall, Theoc. 22.19. 3. ἀ. εἰς ἕν end in. ., Arist. Mu. 399a13, cf. Str. 13.4.1, Plu. 2.496a, Luc. Im. 6; ἐς ὀξύ taper to a point, Arr. Tact. 16.7: Rhet., of the close of a sentence, ἀ. εἰς συνδέσμους Demetr. Eloc. 257. b. τὸ ἀπολῆγον [τοῦ βουνοῦ] the extremity of the hill, Inscr.Prien. 37.168 (ii B. C.): so Medic., τὰ ἀ. μέρη the extremities, Ruf. ap. Orib. 49.33.11, al. II. trans., = ἀποπαύω, A.R. 4.767. [ἀπολλ. 11.15.31, Od. 13.151, 19.166, Theoc. l.c., al.]

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